Hidden Drawer Designs

02/13/2026

My first new comics poem for Terra Affirma is live! I hope you'll take a peek: https://sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/passages-from-unknowable-stories

01/23/2026

Hey friends! I've been noodling what to do with my illustrated essays and poetry since YES! stopped printing last year, and I finally decided to make a substack where I'll feature things from the archives alongside intermittent new work. Please sign up! Official launch on Monday, 1-26-26! sarahmgilman.substack.com

01/12/2026

Sometimes you think you've gone dark but there's still a little spark inside. Me on loss and grief and love and the return of the light after winter solstice, externally and internally, for The Last Word on Nothing:

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10/24/2025

Hi bbs--it's that time again. My fall sale is live, with 25 off percent all prints in my shop through Thanksgiving weekend, including this print of the mural I just finished up in Tonasket! Go get you something nice ❤ https://www.etsy.com/shop/HiddenDrawerDesigns

04/24/2024

Hi friends! In an Anishinaabe story, popularized in Robin Wall Kimmerer's book Braiding Sweetgrass, a muskrat dove to the bottom of a great flood and retrieved mud that would eventually make the land of the world. And muskrats do build worlds, shaping wetlands in ways that support countless plants, birds, insects, fish, amphibians, and reptiles. I did this painting as the banner image for a feature story by Brandon Keim in Hakai Magazine, about muskrats, all they do, and the mystery of their decline across North America. You can find prints for sale here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1705788450/muskrat-builds-the-world
And you can read Brandon's story here: https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-magnificent-lives-and-quiet-loss-of-muskrats/

This Giclée Prints item is sold by HiddenDrawerDesigns. Ships from Winthrop, WA. Listed on Apr 23, 2024

03/02/2023

How do you measure a life, especially when that life makes whole worlds--tying together time and space, earth and ocean, creature and creature? My latest Terra Affirma illustrated column, about whale fall, is live at YES! Magazine, and prints of the painting are available at my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/listing/1428825623/whale-fall

06/16/2022

Leading students through a writing workshop about the West got me pondering doom. Many of them seemed to feel the world was broken beyond repair. I think both they and I need more stories that remind us just how dynamic and resilient our home is. So I wrote and drew this little comics essay for ‘s pleasure issue. Look for my combined art and writing in upcoming issues, too! It’s gonna be a whole thing!

11/13/2020

Hey friends...winter is here in the Methow Valley and the months of darkness have begun, so I decided to start my holiday sale a little early this year to add some brightness. If you've had your eye on something, I'm offering 20% off orders over $50, and 30% off orders over $100 through December 13 and likely beyond. These prints and more are available at my shop, plus some new stuff coming soon. Link in profile.

10/15/2020

Remembering to see what is good, what is bright, what is sweet.

09/28/2020

Got my first ever digital drawing tablet in the mail today and even the packaging is hip. My inner Luddite is feeling very threatened!